Receptacle.



R. C. MCCONACHY.

. RECEPTACLE. APPLICANQN FILED JuLY25.19r3.

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Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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RBER'I? C. MGGQNACHE, OF SOUTH YAKIRA, VGTOB/QWSLLIA.

RECEETACLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov.. 2, i915.

Original application niet!` November 1S, 1912Seria1 No. 732,210. Divided and this application filed. July 25,

1913. Serial No. 781,048.

To ail whom t may concern.

Be it known that l, Blonn'r CHARLES Mo- CON'ACHY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in South Yarra, State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a speciiication.

rlhis invention relates to small covered receptacles of sheet metal, and relates particlr larly toV means to hingedly connect the cover orlid and receptacle proper.

ln the manufacture of smallV covered receptacles of sheet metal, it is customary to hingedly secure the lid or cover thereto by passing short pieces of wire through foldedl portions of the lids and inserting the ends of the wire beneath raised portions of the back walls of the receptacles. The insertion of the wire to form a hinge is now ordinarily done by hand and is an operation necessitating considerable care and skill to perform quickly and satisfactorily. v

lt is the object of the present invention to overcome the above .disadvantages and to provide a simple form of hinge which is formed or worked -up wholly out of the material of the lid and receptacle.

The present application is a division of my application led November 19, 1912, Serial No. 732,210, disclosing the process, and apparatus either manually or automatically operated for carryingjout the same, to prepare and hingedly connect the two parts of a receptacle in a simple and eicient manner,

ln the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figures 1 to 6, inclusive, are views in perspective 4of a sheet metal receptacle and a lid embodying my invention, 'showing the various stages through which they pass to hingedly conneet one with the other according to the present invention; and Figs. 1 to 10. inclusive, are similar views illustrating a modification in the formation. of the hinge.

Similar characters of reference designate like parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

ln the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to G of the drawing, the

lid or cover 1 is first struck or drawn up from a blank sheet to the form shown in Fig. 1 with theback of the lid of greater depth than the ends and shaped somewhat in the form of an inverted letter l to form from a sheet blank as shown in Fig. 2, whenl the vertical wall constituting the back of the receptacle is provided with -bulbs 5, (Fig. 4) to form bearings for the pintles 3. These bulbs 5 are the same distance apart as the pintles or hinge pins 3 and are formed by dies or other approved means, as for instance, the apparatus disclosed in my coL pending application hereinbefore referred to. ln forming the bulbs `5 the metal is stretched from the points marked (i, see

Fig. 4C, and at the same time'vertical incisions 7 are made in the back of the receptacle at the inner ends of the bulbs. Moreover, the dies employed to make the bulbs 5 can be shaped to form a horizontal recess or depression 8 between the said bulb, asshown, and this recess is intended to permit of the lid being operated freely when fitted to the receptacle. ln an after operation an incision is Amade along the top and down the outer ends of the bulbs `5 to permit of the metal forming the latter being raised or pressed outwardly in the' form of tongues (Fig. 5) sufiiciently far to enable the pintles or hinge-pins Sto be passed therebeneath. `When the lid 1 and receptacle 2 are brought together inv this waythe bulb portions are pressed back to their original positions and fit neatly around the pintles or hinge-pins 3 thus hingedly connecting the two parts in an extremelyv efficient manner.

lin the modification illustrated in Figs. 7 to 10 of the drawings a Tshaped recess 8a is out in the back of the lid 1 to form inwardly projecting lugs 9 near the ends thereof, see Fig. 7. These lugs 9 are bent or folded into semi-circular or circular form, as shown in Fig. 9, to make pintles 1() which are adapted to be passed beneath the raised bulbs 11 formed on the .back of the receptacle 2 and oppositely to those previouslyv described. The bulb portions are pressed litt neatly around the pintles to. securely fasten the lid l to the receptacle 2 in the manl ner hereinbefore described.

A hinge constructed as described will be strong, free in operation and will be very economical Vto manufacture. y

I wish it ,particularly to be understood that although the process of bulbing prior' v part of the body outwardly and folding it lid around the pintles or hinge-pins on the lid.

The advantage obtained by first bulbing the back of the receptacle is that when the metal is pressedback to its original position it will neatly surround the hinge-pins 3 and the edges formed by l brought into contmguity and not be at some distance apart as would otherwise be` the case. v

Itwill be obvious from the foregoing description that the salient feature in the construction of the hinge is the formation of thel pintles or hinge pins integrally with the substantially as hereinbefore described. e It'will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art'to which the invention relates that the form of hinge herein described can be readily employed to connect lids to receptacles of various shapes other cover, substantially the incisions will be than the rec-- claim:

l. A covered receptacle comprising in combination a cover having tubular rolled portions at one edge thereof to form hinge pins, and a receptacle proper having tongues stamped out of the back adapted to receive and be closed over theI hinge pins of the as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a covered receptacle the combina-1 tion of a receptacle proper having tongues stamped out from the back with a depression extending between said tongues, and a lid for the receptacle having a fiange formed with an integral tubular portion at one end with portions of said flange cut away adj acent the ends of the tubular portion to form hinge pins, said pins adapted to engage the tongues with the intermediate tubular portion between theends engaging in the recess porti'on extending between the tongues, and said tongues adapted to be closed over the hinge pins to form bearings therefor, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

R. C. MCCONACHY.

Witnesses:

`A. J. CALLINAN,

JAMES H. ANDERSON. 

